I am new to the Droid Maxx, as in not even 24 hours yet. Now, the first thing I have done post-purchase is to come here and do some searching and try to tweak here, there, everywhere. I try to seek out answers before I ask. But I'll be honest, sometimes it's information overload, and I have other things on my mind today, so maybe it's easiest for me to ask rather than search and get eleventy billion answers.
The battery life is 48 hours advertised. I've read it's not quite that high but still close to 40. I'm fine with that. But, my next question is, how long does it take to truly get the phone to where the battery is seeded, broken in, and ready to hit those numbers? Because the vibe I get here is you have to condition the battery with full charge to empty and do that 2-3 times to get into the groove, sweet spot, etc.
But also, how much is true usage going to be? I mean anything is a step up from my Droid 4's battery, but I don't want to be expecting 40-48 hours when the true literal usage averages are, say, 30-35 or something. Because obviously 48 hours probably means you barely do anything on the phone, and we don't buy smartphones to do nothing. We'll surf the web. We'll play Candy Crush. We'll watch a video here or there. We'll Facebook and send tweets.
The biggest thing with me, however, is I have Wi-Fi apps so when I'm near a Wi-Fi spot, it will turn on/off as needed. When I am at home, it is on all the time. I know this can be a drain, and I'm fine with that. In fact at 11h47m39s, I am at 62% battery life. Of the usage, 61% is my screen, 14% is Candy Crush, and then 7% is Wi-Fi. Rest of it is phone idle 7%, Android OS 6%, Android System 2%, Cell Standby 2%. (Yes, quicker to type than screen shot it. I'm being lazy today.) I think screen can be tweaked with brightness settings, but Candy Crush is... well, it is what it is. What can I say, I'm addicted, lol.
Elsewhere, one thing I have done is found a thread in this forum of what apps should be disabled as they're worthless, don't impact usage, and it prevents risk of unwanted battery drain from them. I am also religious of regularly closing recently-used apps I am not using at the moment so they're not "on" in the background. And with KitKat around the corner as soon as I can get my hands on it, there may be tweaks there, too. But is there anything else I should keep in mind to help performance all the way around?
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice or pointings in the right direction that can be had.
The battery life is 48 hours advertised. I've read it's not quite that high but still close to 40. I'm fine with that. But, my next question is, how long does it take to truly get the phone to where the battery is seeded, broken in, and ready to hit those numbers? Because the vibe I get here is you have to condition the battery with full charge to empty and do that 2-3 times to get into the groove, sweet spot, etc.
But also, how much is true usage going to be? I mean anything is a step up from my Droid 4's battery, but I don't want to be expecting 40-48 hours when the true literal usage averages are, say, 30-35 or something. Because obviously 48 hours probably means you barely do anything on the phone, and we don't buy smartphones to do nothing. We'll surf the web. We'll play Candy Crush. We'll watch a video here or there. We'll Facebook and send tweets.
The biggest thing with me, however, is I have Wi-Fi apps so when I'm near a Wi-Fi spot, it will turn on/off as needed. When I am at home, it is on all the time. I know this can be a drain, and I'm fine with that. In fact at 11h47m39s, I am at 62% battery life. Of the usage, 61% is my screen, 14% is Candy Crush, and then 7% is Wi-Fi. Rest of it is phone idle 7%, Android OS 6%, Android System 2%, Cell Standby 2%. (Yes, quicker to type than screen shot it. I'm being lazy today.) I think screen can be tweaked with brightness settings, but Candy Crush is... well, it is what it is. What can I say, I'm addicted, lol.
Elsewhere, one thing I have done is found a thread in this forum of what apps should be disabled as they're worthless, don't impact usage, and it prevents risk of unwanted battery drain from them. I am also religious of regularly closing recently-used apps I am not using at the moment so they're not "on" in the background. And with KitKat around the corner as soon as I can get my hands on it, there may be tweaks there, too. But is there anything else I should keep in mind to help performance all the way around?
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice or pointings in the right direction that can be had.